Campus Events
May 11-17
Please email all events to CAMPUSLIFE@KNOX.EDU if you would like them included in the newsletter.
Student Senate Voting Now Open!
As you know, Student Senate campaigns have been occurring this past week. The polls are now open, and you are able to cast your ballots for the individuals you believe will make the best President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Campus Life Chair, Diversity Chair, Health & Wellness Chair, Technology Chair, Dining Services Chair, and Sustainability Chair of Student Senate. Graduating seniors are eligible to vote!
The ballot statements are within the form. Please submit your votes by Monday, May 11th at 4:00 p.m. No late votes will be accepted, and you may only vote once. Vote here
Humanities Lecture: Dr. Helga Varden on the Place of Women in Immanuel Kant's Moral Theory
Wednesday, May 13
Room 300 (Forum Room), Alumni Hall
4:00 p.m.
The Humanities Series on Identities Presents An Event from the Department of Philosophy, "Kant and Women" by Helga Varden (University of Illinois, Philosophy). According to the traditional interpretation, 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant held the view that women's nature prevents them from being men's equals. In her lecture, Varden will argue that the role of women within Kant's moral theory is more complex and interesting than both the traditional interpretation and recent, more positive interpretations of Kant are willing to allow. To do so, she pays careful attention to the centrality of human nature to Kant's moral theory, particularly to our status as inescapably embodied and social beings.
QUEST Tie-Dye
Wednesday, May 13
Old Main Lawn
5:00-8:00 p.m.
Terp Presents: Anything Goes-Spring Informal Concert
Wednesday, May 13
Kresge Recital Hall
6:00 p.m.
Terp will be hosting their Spring Informal Concert: Anything Goes. Come to Kresge Hall to experience various dance technique and skills from our showcased movers! Contact Valencia Short (vvshort@knox.edu) if you have any questions.
Rapture, Blister, Burn
Wednesday, May 13- Saturday, May 16
Harbach Theatre, CFA
7:30 p.m.
A finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Gionfriddo's play offers a multigenerational examination of women besieged by changing attitudes toward feminism, marriage, and success. Former college classmates, Catherine (a flourishing academic) and Gwen (a stay-at-home mom), reunite decades later to discover that each covets the other's life. As they struggle to reconcile the principles of feminist theory with their individual aspirations, the women realize that the pursuit of happiness is more challenging than it seems.
TICKETS (available at the door):
$10 for Adults
$5 for Senior Citizens and Alumni
Free to all Knox Community and Students (with ID)
Model United Nations Crisis Committee: ENCOUNTER - First Alien Contact (Part 2)
Thursday, May 14th
Old Main 211
4:00-6:00 p.m.
The Model United Nations Club is holding an open crisis committee simulation. In this simulation the participants will role play various political characters in the world of 2030. The crisis itself will revolve around the arrival of extraterrestrial aliens into the inner solar system. Participants will be assigned characters to play before the committee by the crisis staff. Email Douglas Hulsether (dwhulsether@knox.edu) or Elliot Witt (ejwitt@knox.edu) for more information.
Dining Services Open Forum
Thursday, May 14
Round Room, CFA
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Advocates for Choice: Repeal Hyde Art Project
Thursday, May 14
Taylor Lounge
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Advocates for Choice will be holding an event for the Repeal Hyde Art Project on The Repeal Hyde Art Project, as the name suggests, uses art as activism to fight towards the end of the Hyde Amendment which bars the use of certain federal funds to pay for abortion services. Drop by any time to color birds in for the art project and support the art project!!
KAAMI Tea Talk
Thursday, May 14
Seminar Room, Alumni Hall
7:00 p.m.
Dunk a Tke & Pie a Pi Phi
Friday, May 15
Post Lawn
12:00-6:00 p.m.
The ladies of Pi Beta Phi and the gentlemen of Tau Kappa Epsilon are holding a fundraiser this Friday on Post lawn to raise money for their respective philanthropies Read, Lead, Achieve and St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Come Dunk a TKE and then pie a Pi Phi to raise money for two great causes and have some fun!!
Runathon
Friday, May 15 - Saturday, May 16
Turner Track at Trevor Field
4:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(Rain Location: Field House)
Runathon is a 24-hour walk run event hosted by Alpha Phi Omega but you don't have to be present for the whole 24 hours. We will be giving away prizes and have fun activities the whole time. List of events and more information is available on website runathonabg.com
Proceeds will benefit FISH food pantry and you can sign up during lunch/dinner tabling in the Seymour gallery. $5 without shirt and $12 with shirt.
Pre-Law Club: Karl Johnson J.D.
Friday, May 15
Alumni Hall Room 117
4:00 p.m.
International (no) Tea Hour
Friday, May 15
Knight Student Lounge, Alumni Hall
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Join the Office of International Student Services (OISS) for a weekly International Tea Hour, featuring international teas, snacks, and conversation. May 15th will feature Brazil, and will be a week without tea--but with Brazilian coffee and cashew juice, accompanied by sweet and savory treats. These will include (gluten-free) cheese bread, guava paste, carrot cake, and other delicacies. Ryan Lynch and Anne Giffey (both of the library) will host the event, with a lot of help from students Livia Mexias, Bernardo Gasperazzo, and Lucas Sanchez. Please join us for food, conversation, and Brazilian music!
OISS is looking for other organizations or individuals to partner with to sponsor a future International Tea Hour. Please contact Rebecca Eckart (rreckart@knox.edu) with any questions or ideas for a future Tea Hour.
Caxton Club & Davenport Fiction Awards: Elizabeth Cohen
Friday, May 15
Alumni Room, Old Main
4:00 p.m.
Elizabeth Cohen is an Assistant Professor of English at SUNY Plattsburgh, where she serves as the fiction editor for the Saranac Review. Her memoir, The Family on Beartown Road, was a New York Times Notable Book, and her articles, stories, and poetry have appeared in SELF, MORE, Newsweek, People,New York Times Magazine, Salon, Tablet, and the Yale Review, among other publications. She is also the author of The Hypothetical Girl, a collection of stories, and What the Trees Said, a collection of poems, both published in 2013. She lives in Plattsburgh, New York, with her daughter, Ava.
Following her reading, Professor Cohen will announce this year's Davenport Awards in Fiction.
Film Club 48 Hour Film Fest
Friday, May 15- Sunday, May 17
Round Room, CFA
4:00 p.m. on Friday- 4:00 p.m. on Sunday
Creative? Come create a movie, alone or with a group of friends. Guidelines can include objects, phrases, locations, shot techniques, but you won't find out till the day of competition! Show your talents, win prizes, and have fun! (P.S. If you don't have a group and still want to participate we will help find you one, don't worry.)
Men's Soccer Alumni Game
Friday, May 15
5:00 p.m.
Men's Soccer alumni are invited back for a weekend of Knox soccer! Meet the current players, the new head coach, Tyler Sheikh, play some soccer with your former teammates and the current athletes, and celebrate with an end-of-year banquet.
Find full details and registration at www.knoxalumni.org/Soccer.
APA Symposium Speaker: Paul Messersmith-Glavin
Friday, May 15
Room A110, SMC
7:00 p.m.
Further, Mr. Messersmith-Glavin will highlight the intersections of patriarchy and racism within the capitalist degradation of the global ecology, and will orient us all to how we fit into this huge puzzle of power and oppression.
Paul Messersmith-Glavin is a member of the Institute for Anarchist Studies and currently lives in Portland Oregon.This event is brought to you by Alliance for Peaceful Action, with support from German Club, Anthropology/Sociology Club, Advocates for Choice, and Sustainability.
Quiver Editor Drive
Love genre fiction? Want to help shape and decide the future of Quiver​? Everyone's favorite genre magazine is looking for editors for the 2015-2016 year. Applications open on May 8th and close on May 15th.
To apply, save a copy of the application found here and share your finished app with quiversubmissions@gmail.com.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Email quiversubmissions@gmail.com.
Applications can also be found on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/475454819276615/
Folio Staff Applications
Folio Staff Applications for 2015-16 are now OPEN!
Folio is Knox's Visual Arts Journal, check out past issues at www.foliojournal.com
If you are interested please fill out the attached form and return this email to marousonelos@knox.edu or print it out and put it in
K-1568
Deadline: Friday, May 15th, 2015
UB ZOO EXCURSION
Peoria Zoo
1:00- 5:00 p.m.
UB will be tabling all week to take signups for a trip to the Peoria Zoo. $9.00 gets you on the bus and into the Zoo. Enjoy an afternoon full of monkeys, zebras, and giraffes.
Knox Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert
Saturday, May 16
Gizmo Patio
3:00 p.m.
The Knox Jazz Ensemble will be playing their Spring Concert on the Gizmo Patio.
Off Knox
Saturday, May 16
The Beanhive
7:30 p.m.
Fencing Club
Saturday, May 16
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Fencing Club is cleaning out and re-stocking the club armory this Saturday, May 16th from 2 PM-4 PM. If people have checked out fencing equipment (masks, coats, etc) and are not planning on using it again before the end of the term, this day is a great day to return it. After this, we will start seeking out people personally to return gear, so if you come on the 16th, we can just get it worked out quickly and easily as possible. Students returning gear can also email Josh Lewis (jflewis@knox.edu) to set up a time to bring their equipment back.
Repertory Term Winter 2016
Monday, May 18
Studio Lobby
4:00 PM
All students who would like to participate in Repertory Theatre Term in winter 2016 should plan to attend an important informational meeting on Monday May 18.
Rep Term is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have taken THTR 121 Design and Technology for Stage and Screen or THTR 131 Beginning Acting, and who receive the permission of the department to participate.
https://www.knox.edu/academics/immersive-learning/repertory-theatre-term
Tri Delta Triple Play
Tri Delta is hosting its annual Triple Play kickball tournament to benefit St. Jude on May 23 and 24 on the Baseball Field. Register with a team of 8-12 people, but if you don't want to join a team, we'll still be having a barbecue and several activities.
We'll be tabling every day from 11-1 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. in Seymour Union every day this week.
Questions? Email Caitlin Hemby at cmhemby@knox.edu